LONGMONT -- Police investing a report of an armed robbery at a gated apartment complex on Thursday afternoon suspect the 19-year-old man who reported the crime made up the story to explain why he fired a revolver from his couch.

Police rushed to apartment 201 in building 6 at the Fox Ridge Apartment Homes at 3800 Pike Road to investigate Roman Miller's report that a man came to his door, pulled a gun and demanded money, according to Longmont Police Sgt. Paul Campbell, who was among officers who initially investigated the report. He said Miller reported that as he was handing the stranger money a shot was fired from within the apartment and through the door.

Detective Greg Malsam said he showed Miller that the bullet's trajectory showed that the gun was at the couch, not by the door, when it fired.

"I gave him the opportunity to tell us what really happened," Malsam said.

Miller told him that he was cleaning his gun and accidentally fired it. He called police and reported it happened during a robbery and offered a physical description of a suspect, Malsam said.

"He was scared to death," Malsam said, adding that the teen does not have a local criminal history and that he did not ask what motivated him to tell officers he was robbed.

Miller was arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment, false reporting and discharging a firearm in city limits.Beau Jaber, and his girlfriend, Kayla Spencer, live on the other side of building 6 said they didn't hear anything and they were at home in the building at the time. They were walking their dog shortly after police arrived and were curious why officers were there.

"We didn't hear any shots. Our dog didn't even bark," Jaber said.

They said the community's gates are open during the day."I've been here all day and my dog always barks at random noises," Spencer said, adding that she didn't hear anything either.

Jaber said the couple researched the apartments, which are in a gated community, before moving in and believed they were safe.

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